Jennifer Flaig

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Kevin Chin wants his executives to limber up their brains.<p>Chin's investment company, Arowana, based in Sydney, Australia, is expanding into London, Los Angeles, and Asia, and "it is imperative to have a senior leadership team that is mentally agile and resilient," says Chin. Last year, the …

If you're part of the gig economy and you think you have nothing in common with many rock stars, you're wrong.<p>Nita Strauss, the guitarist onstage with Alice Cooper? She's a freelancer, a hired gun. Piggy D (Matt Montgomery), the bassist onstage with Rob Zombie? Hired gun. Phil X, the guitarist who …

If you’re among the nearly half of working Americans looking to change jobs this year, a new survey from Harris Poll on behalf of CareerBuilder has some tips on what not to do.<p>The survey polled just over 1,000 hiring and human resource managers about the worst faux pas made during interviews. From …

Control your image.<p>What do people see when they search for you online? To control these results, you need a personal landing page. This hub lets you promote yourself to potential employers, advertise a freelance business, network with colleagues in the same line of work, or just help people contact …

Fortunately, it's really easy to add and it's a guaranteed increase in leads.<p>Having a website is great and all, but if you haven't built it to lead to more leads, then you are losing out on precious opportunities.<p>Think of your website as a digital business card (because it is). Every single person …

Once you realize your customers don't care about your 'product,' you'll be more likely to make a sale.<p>I'm looking at an intimidating 800-page binder as I write this article. It contains confidential information about a new product category. When I prepare the company's leaders to launch the …

It’s no secret that organizations have been increasingly turning to advanced analytics and artificial intelligence (AI) to improve decision-making across business processes — from research and design to supply chain and risk management.<p>Along the way, there’s been plenty of literature and executive …

Think about the online content you consume and share the most. Most likely, it's video. Whether it's a Facebook ad for something you're actually tempted to buy, or a YouTube clip that triggers an emotional response driving you to share it with your friends and family, video is a powerful tool for …

More comfortable online than out partying, post-Millennials are safer, physically, than adolescents have ever been. But they’re on the brink of a mental-health crisis.<p>One day last summer, around noon, I called Athena, a 13-year-old who lives in Houston, Texas. She answered her phone—she’s had an …

<i>This story was co-published by NPR and ProPublica.</i><p>Four days after Marie McCausland delivered her first child in May, she knew something was very wrong. She had intense pain in her upper chest, her blood pressure was rising, and she was so swollen that she barely recognized herself in the mirror. As …

If you’re a <i>real wizard</i>, you know that the secret to the Sorting Hat is that it places you pretty much where you want to be. Think about it: Harry Potter himself begged to be in Gryffindor despite the hat’s insistence that he could join Slytherin. In the muggle world, we don’t have a magic hat to …

How to preempt and combat abuse online.<p>On social media, you get to catch up with old friends, make new connections, and coo over cute baby photos. Although you're supposed to enjoy these visits to Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, a persistent commenter or obnoxious "friend" can ruin your …

Mitch Daniels went from running the state of Indiana, as its two-term Republican governor, to running its top flight public university, Purdue University, based in West Lafayette.<p>Since Daniels began his tenure in 2013, Purdue has made plenty of headlines. First, the school partnered with Gallup on …

Picture your favorite childhood stuffed animal. Are you clinging to it even though neither you nor anyone else in your household has played with that creature in years?<p>If so, you're not alone. Parting with possessions we don't need is a struggle for many Americans. We have an average of at least 50 …

<b>(CNN) —</b> The walls and décor of 16-year-old Nadia's room looked like that of any other high school teenager. Her real name is not Nadia; we are keeping her identity hidden at the request of her family, out of respect for her memory and their privacy.<p>A beautiful painting covered the wall along the …

<i>Actress Melissa Rauch and her husband, Winston, are expecting their first child in the fall of 2017. In her own words, here is Melissa's emotional and heartfelt story of the long road to parenthood.</i><p>Here is the only statement regarding my pregnancy that doesn’t make me feel like a complete fraud: …